Ophrys

A total of 900 plant species have been recorder in Aeolian islands, including 4 endemic species: Bassia saxicola, Dianthus rupicola, Silene hicesiae, Cytiscus aeolicus and Ophrys lunurata.

Aeolian Islands, Italy 2008

Ong Nam thích giao phối với Ophrys phong lan để giao phối với một ong phái nữ.

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Rare mesophytic species of orchids (Ophrys transhyrcana, Epipactis veratrifolia) and ferns (Ophioglossum vulgatum) found here their refuge from the arid environment.

Kopet Dag woodlands and forest steppe 2008

Other nationally important terrestrial vegetation species include the early spider orchid Ophrys sphegodes, the Early Gentian Gentianella anglica, the Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans and Wild cabbage Brassica oleracea var. oleracea

Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom 2008

This installment focuses on Ophrys, a genus of orchids characterized by their intriguing relationships with fungi and with insects.

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Each Ophrys orchid has coevolved with its distinct pollinator insect.

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Fungal symbiosis also renders the leaves of some Ophrys species very small and green or bluish in color.

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What draws human attention to Ophrys, however, is this genus's distinctive trait of insect mimicry.

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Hopes of happy symbiosis or at least mutualism, even those expressed on this site, yield in the presence of Ophrys to a more somber assessment of biological interaction.

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To compound the effect, an Ophrys orchid typically produces a scent that closely resembles the pheromones of a sexually receptive female insect.

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